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WSJ: Washington pushes transit scheme through Ukraine to relieve EU gas shortage

The US administration is advancing a plan to resume supplies of Russian pipeline gas to Europe via transit through Ukraine. The scheme, reported by the Wall Street Journal, envisages selling the gas through an American intermediary, a structure that would allow the flows to comply with European restrictions.
The idea is being lobbied by US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who visited Moscow and Kyiv in September. The White House initiative looks especially ironic given the EU’s plans to phase out Russian gas imports next year. But Brussels’s hardline approach has collided with market realities: the Middle East conflict has cut nearly a fifth of global LNG exports, and European fuel prices have surged to near four‑year highs. 
At the same time, Washington is seeking to stabilize global fuel markets. The report says President Donald Trump struck a deal with Vladimir Putin under which the US refrains from fresh sanctions in exchange for limited shipments of Russian diesel. To secure those deliveries, the White House even pressed Kyiv to pause strikes on Russian refineries, although attacks have since resumed.
There are no technical obstacles to restoring pipeline flows. Ukraine’s transit system remains operational. Deliveries were halted only at the end of 2024 when the transit contract expired, and Kyiv declined to renew it. With an American intermediary active in the market, pumping could be resumed in short order.
Published 04 November 2026
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